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The White House faced scrutiny over their changing explanations for Trump's decision, and at one point, Trump suggested in an interview that Comey's investigation into his 2016 campaign and Russia's election interference was a motivating factor.

The crash killed two pilots and sparked fires at two buildings that, as per the reports, could be seen from NY, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and local police said. They say no passengers were aboard and no one on the ground was injured. The FAA said the plane was coming in for landing when it missed the runway around 3:30 p.m.

Still, the White House has not expressly denied that classified information was disclosed in the Oval Office meeting between Trump and Russian diplomats last week. "At no time were any intelligence sources or methods discussed and no military operations were disclosed that were not already known publicly", he said at the time .

Trump's speech at Liberty is his only commencement appearance at a civilian institution this year. Trump told the graduates: "This is your day and you've earned every minute of it". He steered clear of that subject, making only sidelong swipes at his critics. Trump, echoing the theme, said, "If I give you one message to hold in your hearts today it is this: Never ever give up".

The White House quickly denied any suggestion that Trump was trying to obstruct justice - a criminal offence - in his dealings with Comey. But the experts said intent was a critical element of an obstruction of justice charge, and the presidents words could be subject to interpretation and possibly put into the context of other actions, like Comeys termination.

Another carrier, the Ronald Reagan, left Yokosuka in Japan on Tuesday on its regular spring patrol, which would last three to four months, a spokesman for the U.S. DPRK officials accused the United States of openly pressuring other countries into severing or degrading diplomatic ties with it by misusing "sanction resolutions" against it.